User evaluation by budgetary games Available to Purchase

This paper describes a relatively new budgetary game technique which may be used to evaluate library and information services. It describes a particular application of the technique to research workers at Southampton University in which the relation between the Library and other University support systems was investigated. The results indicated that according to the users, the value placed on library services held up well in conditions of budgetary restraint. An extension of the game technique applied to type of library and information service, indicated that interactive services were more highly valued than active services.